A Wish For Jo by Audrey Davis

A Wish For Jo by Audrey Davis

When magic's in the air, anything is possible...

Jo Milligan's caf - A Bit of Crumpet - is her pride and joy. But icing cakes and baking pastries in the sleepy Scottish village of Cranley isn't hitting the sweet spot.

Jo longs for some excitement in her life. The arrival of gruff stranger Harvey Quinn doesn't fill with her joy. Nor does the appearance of an unlikely assistant with an unexpected gift and an attitude problem.

Patience isn't genie Aaliyah's strong suit. Jo has three wishes, but the pair lock horns as she struggles with what to wish for. Add to the mix Aaliyah's talent for upsetting people, and village life becomes ever more challenging.

As Jo and Harvey forge a tentative bond, old memories surface and the pursuit of happiness leads Jo down roads she never imagined travelling. A chance to reunite with her parents, a moment in the spotlight and an opportunity to right some wrongs.

When Aaliyah's sidekick Dhassim gets added to the mix, and antique shop owner Sam Addin seems linked to the genie madness, there's never a dull moment...

Can Jo find a way to cook up a happy ending, or do the ingredients amount to a recipe for disaster?

Davis, Audrey: - Audrey Davis survived secondary school on the West coast of Scotland. Rubbish at science but not too bad at English, she originally wanted to be an actress but was persuaded that journalism was a safer option. Probably wise. She studied at Napier College in Edinburgh, the only place in Scotland at that time to offer a journalism course. Her first foray into the hard-nosed newspaper world was as a junior reporter in Dumfriesshire. Duties included interviewing farmers about the prize-winning heifers to reporting on family tragedies. She persuaded her editor to let her launch an entertainment column which meant meeting the odd celebrity - or just the downright odd. From there, she moved to the loftier rank of senior reporter back in her home patch. Slightly more money, fewer farm animals but a higher crime rate. As Taggart would say: 'There's been a murrrrder!' After a stint in London on a video magazine - yes, she is that old - Audrey moved to Singapore with her fiancü¾Ž–”¼. She tried valiantly to embrace the stinking heat, humidity and lack of jobs, although she did work briefly on a magazine which was banned by the government for 'artistic' use of naked men's bottoms. Next on her adventures was a land Down Under where her main focus was raising Cost Centre One (aka firstborn) and coming to terms with the imminent arrival of Number Two. Still, she loved the Aussie way of life - BBQs, beaches and bring your own booze to restaurants - so it came as a blow when OH announced a move back to the UK. Not a job between use, the climate a possible deal breaker and an Exorcist-style vomiting infant on the flight home didn't bode well ... Always a survivor, Audrey sought out similar-minded friends (i.e. slightly bonkers), got the children into a good school and thought about taking up writing again. Sadly, thinking about it was as far as she got, unless you count shopping lists. Then, hubby drops another bombshell. Switzerland. As in - it's packing time again. Off to the land of cheese, chocolate, scarily efficient trains and a couple of teeny, tiny issues. Like driving on the 'wrong' side of the road and speaking a foreign language (French). The former was conquered fairly quickly (we'll skip over the wall demolition in week two), the latter remains an ongoing battle of the hopeful against the hopeless. At least she provides amusement for the local workforce. The Haunting of Hattie Hastings is her second full-length novel.

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ISBN 13	9782970131649
ISBN 10	2970131641
Title	A Wish For Jo
Author	Audrey Davis
Series	Cranley Wishes
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Tanzanite Books
Year published	2022-04-22
Number of pages	270
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.